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Motor 1
14-06-2025
- Automotive
- Motor 1
Is The BMW M2 Still the Best M Car? Video Review
There's a lot to be said for a do-everything car. A one-car solution. Scores of enthusiasts all want their daily driver to also be a track car, and a drift car, and a grocery getter, and a road tripper. Very few cars can actually fulfill this mandate, but one gets very close: The updated 473-horsepower 2025 BMW M2. It's the enthusiast darling. Uncorrupted by hybridity and all-wheel drive, the M2 is the simplest, most barebones, and cheapest M car you can buy. And I wanted to see if it was the true one-car enthusiast solution, so I reviewed a manual one for our newest video on the Motor1 YouTube channel. For 2025, the M2 got some updates , most notably a 20-horsepower bump, optional silver wheels, and nine new colors. The interior is now unified with the M3, which has new air vents and ambient lighting, and you get the excellent iDrive 8.5. Otherwise, it is business as usual inside the M2, which is it say it feels like an M3 . At the time of filming, the 2025 M2's base price was $66,375, but the tariffs have bumped that price to $69,375. Still, it's almost $10,000 cheaper than an M3 with identical hardware, making it a relative bargain. As far as how it drives and what it's like to live with, you'll just have to watch our video. It's an incredible performance bargain. But is it the perfect one-car solution? More on the M2 2026 BMW M2 CS Revealed: More Power, Less Weight, and Rear-Drive Only BMW's New M2 Race Car Only Has Four Cylinders Get the best news, reviews, columns, and more delivered straight to your inbox, daily. back Sign up For more information, read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use . Share this Story Facebook X LinkedIn Flipboard Reddit WhatsApp E-Mail Got a tip for us? Email: tips@ Join the conversation ( )
Daily Mail
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Football legend Lothar Matthaus, 64, repeatedly pictured with new 26-year-old 'female friend' after his FIFTH divorce
German football legend Lothar Matthaus is making waves in his homeland after being repeatedly pictured with a new 'female friend' 38 years his junior. The 64-year-old, who has been divorced five times, has been strutting about in public with 26-year-old Instagram model Theresa Sommer. Matthaus, who won the 1990 World Cup with West Germany and seven Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich, has been seen watching football, driving, and even at a celebrity ski race with Sommer. Having a gargantuan age gap is nothing new to the Ballon d'Or winner, who shared a 27 year split with his most recent wife Anastasia Klimko. But 38 years is on a different level to any relationship that he has been known to have - though it is not clear if this one is platonic or romantic. According to her LinkedIn page, Sommer studied economics and management at King's College in London before taking psychology at Durham University. Back in April, she and Matthaus were seen attending a celebrity ski race in Ischgl in Austria. They were also at the Allianz Arena in Munich for Germany's semi-final match against Portugal in the Nations League and Spain's final against the latter four days later. Meanwhile, they were also filmed in a car together on their way to an event. German newspaper Bild made contact with Matthaus about his latest connection but he did not reply. When they were at the skiing contest, they told A2 Television: 'We came for skiing, and the rest is a private matter.' Matthaus' life off the pitch has seldom been quiet, with the former Germany captain going through five divorces. Matthaus married his first wife, Silvia, in 1981. The couple had two children - Alisa born in 1986 and Viola born in 1988 - but divorced in 1992. In the same year, Lolita Morena gave birth to his third child, Loris. Matthaus and Morena, a Swiss model and TV presenter who represented her country at Miss World in 1982 and Miss Universe a year later, were married in 1994 but divorced in 1999 shortly before his retirement. Matthaus swapped the pitch for the dugout two years later, beginning his managerial career at Rapid Vienna in September 2001 before taking charge of Partizan Belgrade in December of the following year. Success as a manager may have eluded him, but he found love again in the Serbian capital in the shape of 31-year-old fashion entrepreneur Marijana Colic. Colic, who along founding two fashion brands was the face of Samsung's football-themed campaign during the 2006 World Cup, was married to Serbian agribusiness magnate Miodrag Kostic between 1990 and 1999. She and Matthaus tied the knot in November 2003, but their marriage came to an end four years later after a lengthy divorce case in Salzburg - their last shared residence. The pair initially separated after Matthaus began dating Ukrainian model Kristina Liliana Chudinova in 2007. Colic, who still bears Matthaus' surname, filed for divorce soon afterward. During the year-long divorce case, the couple allegedly looked to reach an out-of-court settlement over the division of their assets. The former Bayern Munich reportedly offered his ex-wife an €100,000 settlement and the ownership of their penthouse in Budapest. His third wife (pictured here with pop star Rita Ora, right) is a successful fashion entrepreneur and was previously married to one of Serbia's richest men While details of the divorce case were not made public, Blic reported Colic did not appeal the ruling, suggesting she was satisfied with the outcome. By the time the divorce was officially ratified in January 2009, Matthaus had already married Chudinova. He was 47 at the time, 26 years older than her. The pair met at the Oktoberfest in Munich in 2007 and exchanged vows in Las Vegas in December 2008. The fact the pair tied the knot came as a surprise in itself, give they briefly went separate ways in February 2008 before reconciling their differences. They lived in Tel Aviv, where the former Germany star took charge of Maccabi Netanya in June 2008, only to terminate his contract in April of the following year with the club mired in financial dire straits. Matthaus' fourth marriage hit the rocks early in 2010, when tabloids released pictures of his wife passionately embracing an unnamed Monaco businessman on his yacht during a holiday in Sardinia. Matthaus married for a fifth and hitherto last time in 2014, when he tied the know with Anastasia Klimko, from whom he had a son, Milan. The couple divorced in 2021 but were spotted together at the Oktoberfest two years later, leading to speculations a rekindling of their flame may be on the cards.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
📸 Flashy shades & DJ Musiala: the Bayern party goes on
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. Since yesterday, the new German champion has also officially ended the season. Before celebrating with the fans in Munich today, Müller and Co. allowed themselves to really let loose again yesterday evening after the 4:0 win against Hoffenheim. We naturally can't and won't withhold the pictures from you. So lief die Meisterparty gestern Abend... 🕺#FCBayern — FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) May 18, 2025 Will Musiala soon start a career as a DJ as well? Probably that would work out for him too. 📸 ALEXANDRA BEIER - AFP or licensors
Daily Mail
14-05-2025
- Daily Mail
House is set to be demolished by German authorities after four-year legal battle because it is 3ft too tall
A house in Germany is set to be demolished after local officials said its roof is 3ft too high, violating building regulations. Tenant Jens Riediger, a 57-year-old engineer, his partner and their four children have until spring next year to find a new home after the Bavarian administrative court in Munich made the demolition order final. The ruling has put an end to a lengthy four-year court battle between Riediger and local authorities, but the father-of-four claims that other houses in his village of Wolfratshausen, south of Munich, have taller roofs. 'Living space worth millions of euros is going to be destroyed. And this only because the roof is [3ft] too high, and because a garage was built instead of a carport [roofed shelter] and the ground was filled in,' Riediger, 57, told German outlet Bild. The dispute has been ongoing since 2021, after a court confirmed the demolition of the house. The house's developers suggested a plan to correct the property's regulatory defects, but the offer was rejected by the local court, which looked into the possibility of turning the house into a women's shelter. A spokesman for the Wolfratshausen district office defended the demolition decision, telling Bild that the house had serious defects. 'The significant deviations [from planning regulations] consisted of embankments, higher walls, roofs with different pitches and the construction of a garage instead of a carport,' they said. Riediger's house is one of three homes such under demolition orders in Upper Bavaria. It comes after a British woman was ordered to demolish her newbuild six-bedroom home by her local council after it was called 'unneighbourly and overbearing'. Neighbours complained the 'eyesore' property in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, blocks all the light from their garden and was not built in accordance with planning regulations. The dispute centres on a two-storey extension at the back of the house on Marlow Road which comes out further than what was approved in the original plans. Locals on Marlow Road have accused the homeowner of 'trying their luck' and said it appeared to be a case of 'build what you want now and ask for forgiveness later'. They suggested they may have got into 'competition' with an even bigger home that was recently approved by the council and built on the road. Documents on Buckinghamshire Council's website show that permission was last year granted for a six-bed home with three parking spaces to be built on the site. But subsequent plans for a similar sized home on the plot of land were refused by the local authority in March. Now the owners have been told they must demolish the new property or comply with the conditions of the approved plans. In an enforcement notice issued last month, Buckinghamshire Council said: 'By reason of its size, depth, height and design, the rear two storey projection results in a significant loss of light to the adjacent residential properties. '[It] appears as an unneighbourly and overbearing structure when viewed from both adjacent properties, significantly diminishing the outlook and general amenity previously enjoyed by their existing residents.
Telegraph
13-05-2025
- General
- Telegraph
German court orders demolition of house for being 36cm too high
German authorities have ordered the demolition of a Bavarian house because the roof is 36 centimetres too high. Jens Riediger, the house's tenant, says he was devastated after local officials claimed the roof and other irregularities were serious violations of building regulations. The Bavarian Administrative Court in Munich warned that its ruling is 'binding and final', ending a four-year court battle between the developers and local authorities. The house is one of three such cases under demolition orders in Upper Bavaria, despite the region suffering from a housing shortage, according to local media. Mr Riediger, a 57-year-old engineer, was bitterly disappointed by the decision. He told Germany's Bild newspaper: 'Living space worth millions of euros is going to be destroyed. And this only because the roof is 36cm too high, and because a garage was built instead of a Carport [roofed shelter] and the ground was filled in.' The Bavarian resident of Wolfratshausen, south of Munich, also claimed there are other houses in the village with taller roofs than his home. His family has got some time to find a new place to live, with the demolition crew not set to arrive until spring 2026. 'We'll have moved out by then. We now live in 180 square meters, it will not be easy to find a house like that for the same rent,' he told Bild. The row over the height of the building's roof has dragged on since 2021, when the developers offered to remedy the problem by removing the property's regulatory defects. The offer was reportedly rejected by the local court, which instead looked into the possibility of turning the building into a women's shelter, an idea that was also abandoned. A spokesman for Wolfratshausen's district office defended the decision in a statement to Bild, arguing that the house had many serious defects. 'The significant deviations [from planning regulations] consisted of embankments, higher walls, roofs with different pitches and the construction of a garage instead of a Carport,' they said. It is not the first time that a German house has fallen foul of planning rules that some might view as draconian. In 2014, a German pensioner was ordered to tear down her home because it had been built in 1939 without planning permission, due to the chaos of the Second World War breaking out. The pensioner resisted the ruling and launched a long court battle, which ended in victory after local officials backed down on the demolition order.
